Books

Opening the Mind and Generating a Good Heart

A concise survey of Buddhist training explaining how generating kindness is the core of the Buddha's teaching.

Published by Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, Dharamsala, 1985

Kindness, Clarity and Insight

by H.H. the Dalai Lama, translated and edited by Jeffery Hopkins

A warm and inspiring collection of talks, not limited to Buddhists or to the religious, the Dalai Lama's direct, practical message speaks to people everywhere of the importance of kindness, love, and compassion.

Published by Snow Lion Publication, Ithaca, 1984

Advice from Buddha Shakyamuni

by H.H. the Dalai Lama

A brief outline and commentary on the discipline to be observed by a fully ordained Tibetan Buddhist monk, based on the intermediary verses of the Vinaya.

Published by Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, Dharamsala, 1982

Collected Statements, Interviews & Articles

by H.H. the Dalai Lama

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Published by Department of Information & International Relations, Dharamsala, 1982

Four Essential Buddhist Commentaries

by H.H. the Dalai Lama

Commentaries on the 37 Bodhisattva Practices, the 3 Principles of the Path, the 8 Verses on Mind Training and the Song of 4 Mindfulnesses.

Published by Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, Dharamsala, 1982

Deity Yoga

by H.H. the Dalai Lama, Tshongkhapa and Jeffrey Hopkins

A continuation of Tantra in Tibet, with a commentary by the Dalai Lama. Focusing on the practice of deity yoga, it describes the profound process of meditation in the Action and Performance Tantras.

Published by Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, 1981

Universal Responsibility and the Good Heart

by H.H. the Dalai Lama

A collection of articles and interviews with the Dalai Lama reflecting his thoughts and activities over the past twenty years.

Published by Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, Dharamsala, 1977

The Buddhism of Tibet and the Key to the Middle Way

by H.H. the Dalai Lama, translated by Jeffrey Hopkins and Lati Rinpoche

Unlike most books by the Dalai Lama which are edited compilations of talks that he has given, this book consists of two texts that he himself wrote and two that he chose

Published by Wisdom Publication, London, 1975

The Opening of the Wisdom Eye

by H.H. the Dalai Lama

Mahayana Buddhism by the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.

Published by The Theosophical Publishing House, Illinois, 1966

My Land and My People

by H.H. the Dalai Lama

The dignified and compelling early autobiography of the Dalai Lama, spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet.